The History of Valentines Day

The History of Valentines Day Saint Valentine Additional Note: One Valentine was a Roman priest and doctor who was persecuted by the emperor Claudius II for marrying Christian couples. Claudius took a liking to Valentine, but Valentine overstepped his bounds when he tried to convert the emperor, and Claudius sentenced him to death and an ugly death at that. He was beaten, stoned, and finally beheaded. There is another Valentine who appears in early martyrologies: a bishop of Terni, Italy, who was als br, br,